For over a century, opening the black box of embryonic development was the holy grail of biology. Evo Devo-Evolutionary Developmental Biology-is the new science that has finally cracked open the box. Within the pages of his rich and riveting book, Sean B. Carroll explains how we are discovering that complex life is ironically much simpler than anyone ever expected.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific investigation into owls—the most elusive of birds—and why they exert such a hold on human imagination For millennia, owls have captivated and intrigued us. Our fascination with these mysterious birds was first documented more than thirty thousand years ago in the Chauvet C...(展开全部)

[美]艾伯特-拉斯洛•巴拉巴西 ★全球复杂网络研究权威，“无尺度网络”创立者。美国物理学会荣誉会员，匈牙利科学院外籍院士，欧洲科学院院士。 ★美国东北大学教授，网络科学研究中心创始人兼主任，同时任职于哈佛大学医学院医学系，并担任丹那-法伯癌症研究所癌症系统生物学中心研究员。 ★提出无尺度网络模型，2006年因此荣获匈牙利计算机学会颁发的冯•诺依曼金质奖章；2008年获得美国国家科学院颁发的Cozzarelli奖章；2011年又荣获拉格朗日奖。 ★复杂网络界被引述最多的科学家。论文被引用总次数接近10万次，H-指数高达96。 ★世界著名科技杂志《科技新时代》（Popular Science）对他赞誉有加：“他可以控制世界”。

查尔斯·斯彭斯（Charles Spence）  搞笑诺贝尔营养学奖（获奖标准是“乍看之下令人发笑，其后又发人深省”的研究）得主  英国心理学会认知科技奖和实验心理学学会奖得主，被德国的亚历山大·冯·洪堡基金会认可的年度欧洲年轻认知心理学家  牛津大学教授，牛津大学交叉模态实验室负责人，丰田、百事可乐、英国帝国化学工业集团等跨国公司顾问 查尔斯·斯彭斯是著名的美食物理学家、牛津大学交叉模态研究实验室的负责人，同时在产品的多感观设计、包装和品牌创建方面为众多跨国公司提供建议。其实验“听觉对调节薯片的酥脆和新鲜度的作用”，第一次成功证明我们可以根据声音的变化判断食物新鲜度。这项研究为他赢得了2008年搞笑诺贝尔奖。另外，他与别人合著的《完美膳食》也在2015年荣获“美国出版商杰出专业暨学术写作奖”。 斯彭斯曾多次接受《时代周刊》《华尔街日报》《纽约...(展开全部)

Surfacing from the literary underground, Bukowski's wild and immortal stories have become cult favourites. This collection of anecdotal short stories demonstrates Bukowski's compelling semi-autobiographical style and his mastery of visceral language and the depiction of seamy underworlds. Focusing on themes that recur throughout his work, from Los Angeles and bar culture to alc...(展开全部)

For courses in Evolutionary Psychology . David Buss, one of the foremost researchers in the field, has thoroughly revised his already successful text with nearly 400 new referencesto provide an even more comprehensive overview of this dynamic field. Using cutting-edge research and an engaging writing style, theFourth Edition of Evolutionary Psychology ensures that...(展开全部)

Where did we come from? What is our connection with other life forms? What are the mechanisms of mind that define what it means to be a human being? Evolutionary psychology is a revolutionary new science, a true synthesis of modern principles of psychology and evolutionary biology. David Buss examines human behavior from an evolutionary perspective and provides students with th...(展开全部)

The third edition of Evolutionary Psychology continues to be the premier text for the burgeoning field of evolutionary psychology, and this major update contains nearly 400 new references.

乔治·萨顿(George Sarton，1884～1956)，出生于比利时，但是在美国成就了他的事业。正是在他手中，科学史最终成为一门正式学科。1913年他创办了著名科学史杂Isis，并担任主编长达40年。1940年他被任命为哈佛大学的科学史教授。人们认为他创造了科学史这门学科的“工具、标准以及批判的自觉性”，故誉之为“科学史之父”。萨顿生前出版了15部专著，发表了340多篇论文和札记，编辑了79份详尽的科学史重要研究文献目录。这些都是他留给后人的珍贵遗产。

"Thirty-five years ago few could have predicted that "The New Science of Politics" would be a best-seller by political theory standards. Compressed within the Draconian economy of the six Walgreen lectures is a complete theory of man, society, and history, presented at the most profound and intellectual level. . . . Voegelin's [work] stands out in bold relief from much of what ...(展开全部)